Marine or the like vessel



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v L. GHsNELLl MARINE OR THE LIKE VESSEL Filed July 1'7, 1919 2Shasta-Sheet 2 Patented Sept., 25, 1223a` LUIGI GHINELLI, OF ROME,ITALY,.-

MARINE OR THE LIKE VESSEL.Y

Application :filed July 17, 1919. Serial No. 311,578. i

Y (GRANTED UNDER 'rnnraovrsrons or rnnec'ror MARGH 3,1921, 41 STAT. n,1313.) i

T 0 @ZZ wiz/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, Liner GHINELLI, residing at Via Gaetano Donizzetti22, Rome, in the Kingdom of Italy, have'invented certain new and usefulImprovements to Marine or the like Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

rJhe present invention relates to nonsinkable vessels; and it proposes aconstruction embodying certain improved features, hereinafter fullydescribed, according to which the sides and bottom of the hull, as wellas the-plating ofthe decks, are llined with water-tight cells, allindependent of one another and extendingL from end to end of the vesseland from the keel to a point above the water line, so that aflargewatertight zone is thus produced which encloses the vessel and affords ahigh coefiicient of buoyancy. Y A

In consequenceV of the formation' of this water-tightzone, any injury tothe hull of the vessel will affect only the cells at the particularpoint damaged, or in the imme-.

diate vicinity of such point, leaving in any case a sufiicient number ofcells int-act to balance and counteract the weight of the incomingwater.

In ythe accompanying drawing, Figures l and 2 are sectional Views of twoslightly different forms' of vessels yembodying the invention, and Fig.3 is a diagrammatic plan view of F ig. 2.

As shown in the drawing,the space between the outer and inner plating orwalls at the sides and bottom of the hull of the vessel is filledor'lined with cubeshaped cells l arranged tier on tier in parallelcontacting rows which extend from stem to stern'of the vessel and whichoccupy the entire bottom of the hull, the rows at the sides of thevessel extending upwardly toa point above the water line, as has alreadybeen stated. The hull represented in yF ig. 2, although doublewalled, issingle-bottomed, whereas in the construction illustrated in Fig. l, thehull comprises an additional inner or false bottom; and in the latterinstance, this auxiliary bottom Y is likewise constructed with cells, asindicated at 3. A similar arrangement lof cells 2' is also ap-` plied tothe several decks. Y

The cells are preferably'constructed of aluminum or other suitable lightand thin sheet metal reinforced with a strong, light` place, and toprevent them from being Y 'particular portions of the chambers in whichthey are located; but they must entirely fill such chambers so as to'leave no..V

spaces between them. Y

The vessel may also beV constructed in such a way as to provide in closecontact with the side walls of the hull and between the decks twoopposite passages 5 (Figs. 2 and 3), which extend the entireflength ofthe vessel and open into each other at their i ends.: These Vpassages orgalleries Vmay be utilized for storing small ggods, but they should notbe made too wide because in the event Ythat the Vhull is penetratedvfrom the outside from any cause, they will be flooded,

and the waterentering and filling themwill' assist in keeping the vesselon an even keel. rIhe several compartments rrfor the machinery, coal,stores, etc., and for the hous- Y ing of the passengers and crew arebuiltin I the space enclosed by the two passages and arearrangedsymmetrically withlongitudinal and vertical or ransverse bulkheadsVprovided Vwith water-tight doors 4 (Fig. 2), ventilationV beingobtained by means of air-tubes (not shown) projecting a suitabledistance above the top deck. As the compartments 6 'are water-tight, thepassengers and crew will be in safety, even ifV the vessel should beflooded, the presence of the compartments tending to yincrease thevdifculty of sinking the vessel.

f I claim as my invention :7

A vessel constructed with a hull, the inner and outer sectionsof whichare spaced apart; a filling of separate, relatively small, cubical,air-tightv boxes disdouble-walled posed in contacting, parallel Vrows inthe ,space between said wall sections and eX- tending from end to end ofthe vessel and Y gg. Y 1,468,903

on opposite sides from the keel to a point. enclosed by( said passagesand having. wa-` above the water line and entirely filling ter-tightdoors.

said space between said inner and outer In Vtestimony whereof I havehereunto wall sections; a pair of opposite passages signed my name inthe presence of two wit- 5 located between the decks of the vessel innesses.

close Contact with the side walls of the hulls and extending the entirelength of the ves- LUIGI GHINELLI sel, said passages opening into eachother Witnesses:- at their ends; and symmetrically-arranged7 A. P. D.LoooIioL i0 water-tight compartments built in the space lliLmm Torr".

